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mountain mahoganies
Cercocarpus
Cercocarpus, commonly known as mountain mahogany, is a small genus of five or six species of nitrogen-fixing flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where they grow in chaparral and semidesert habitats and climates, often at high altitudes. Several are found in the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany
speciesCercocarpus betuloides
Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany
speciesCercocarpus ledifolius
Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany
speciesCercocarpus montanus
Littleleaf Mountain Mahogany
speciesCercocarpus intricatus
smooth mountain mahogany
speciesCercocarpus minutiflorus
Hairy Mountain Mahogany
speciesCercocarpus breviflorus
Cercocarpus macrophyllus
speciesCercocarpus macrophyllus
Catalina Island Mountain Mahogany
speciesCercocarpus traskiae
Cercocarpus fothergilloides
speciesCercocarpus fothergilloides
Cercocarpus pringlei
speciesCercocarpus pringlei
Cercocarpus intricatus × ledifolius
hybridCercocarpus intricatus × ledifolius
Cercocarpus mojadensis
speciesCercocarpus mojadensis
Cercocarpus rzedowskii
speciesCercocarpus rzedowskii
Cercocarpus mexicanus
speciesCercocarpus mexicanus
Cercocarpus rotundifolius
speciesCercocarpus rotundifolius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52377.